The Boeing X-32 is a concept demonstrator aircraft that was designed for the Joint Strike Fighter competition. It lost to the Lockheed Martin X-35 demonstrator, which was further developed into the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.

2022年2月4日 · There’s much more to the story of the X-32 than meets the eye, though. In a recent interview, the chief test pilot for the X-32 program tells us all about the jet and why it lost to the X-35.

Dayton, Ohio -- Boeing X-32A at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. The Boeing X-32 was a multi-purpose jet fighter in the Joint Strike Fighter contest. It lost to the Lockheed Martin X-35 demonstrator, which was further developed into the F-35 Lightning II.

2021年9月14日 · The Boeing X-32 was a multi-purpose jet fighter in the Joint Strike Fighter contest. It lost to the Lockheed Martin X-35 demonstrator, which was further developed into the F-35 Lightning II. Boeing assembled two concept demonstration aircraft, X-32A and X-32B, at its plant in Palmdale, Calif.

2025年3月10日 · Meet The F-35’s Ugly Stepsister, The X-32. According to the National Museum of the Air Force, the Boeing X-32 was a Concept Demonstrator Aircraft (CDA) built as a multi-purpose jet fighter in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) contest, which started in 1996.

2023年10月24日 · Boeing’s X-32 was a competitor to the F-35 in the Joint Strike Fighter program but lost the contract to Lockheed Martin’s design. Boeing considered the JSF program a strategic investment that led to stealth technology and design advancements.

A Great Marvel That Lost Its Battle To Present F35 Lightning – The Boeing X-32

Boeing X-32 JSF was an experimental jet fighter designed to replace the US Air Force light aircraft and fighter jet. In 1993, DARPA (the U.S. Defense Research and Development Agency) launched the CALF (Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter) program in order to find a unique successor to all the U.S. armed forces’ light aircraft, namely the F ...

2016年4月25日 · The Boeing X-32 was a prototype aircraft developed for the US military's Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program. The Boeing submission faced off against the Lockheed X-35 which went on to win the lucrative defense contract, leaving the X …

2020年6月20日 · The X-32 lacked the shaft-driven turbofan lift of the F-35, instead using the same thrust vectoring system as the AV-8 Harrier. The X-32’s system was less advanced than the F-35’s, but...